Renate Haeckler wrote:It's beta carotene, precursor to vitamin A, and means there's other good stuff like Omega 3's and vitamin K. Yeah it's good.
The one with lighter fat may have been laying - beta carotene went into the eggs. Just a guess.
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Renate Haeckler wrote:For most animals, they should have yellow fat. Some kinds of cows like Ayrshires and Holsteins don't store beta carotene they store vitamin A so theirs may be white but still good. I can't remember with the pigs but I think their fat was white, even tho they had lots of green grass. It was liquid at room temperature, tho - very unsaturated, which makes it hard to cook with, actually.
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Renate Haeckler wrote:Some kinds of cows like Ayrshires and Holsteins don't store beta carotene they store vitamin A so theirs may be white but still good. I can't remember with the pigs but I think their fat was white, even tho they had lots of green grass. It was liquid at room temperature, tho - very unsaturated, which makes it hard to cook with, actually.
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Renate Haeckler wrote:Jerseys are known for their yellow butter and yellow fat. In fact, some butchers cut off all the fat and throw it away if it's yellow because they assume people are expecting white fat and will be put off if it's the "wrong" color.
High grain diet = more saturated fat = solid at warmer temperatures, but more omega-6 and less omega-3, in general.
A good pig fat from pasture with sunlight and lots of grass is a great source of Vitamin D and omega 3. Not so for grain-fed and raised in a shelter/building. Same for chickens.
The yolks from our chickens eggs stayed really highly colored all winter - I read recently they will eat bunny poop and sure enough - there is NONE under the rabbit cages! I guess the chickens are extracting the "vegetable-ness" from that even when there was snow on the ground! They did get a bit more orange when the snow melted and they could eat grass again, tho.
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